- Date
- February 3, 1966
- Place
- Wooster, OH · WOOSTER, OH
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Approach
- Aircraft
- N72783Cessna 120
- Status
- Completed · report March 15, 1966
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- Case key
- 173752
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-0179 66/2/3 WOOSTER OHIO CESSNA 120 CR- 0 0 1 NONCOMMERCIAL PRIVATE, AGE 32, 123 TIME - 1410 N72783 PX- 0 0 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, 96 IN TYPE, DAMAGE-SUBSTANTIAL OT- 0 0 0 NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. NAME OF AIRPORT - VARNS TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION UNDERSHOOT LANDING: FINAL APPROACH COLLIDED WITH: SNOWBANK LANDING: LEVEL OFF/TOUCHDOWN PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - MISJUDGED DISTANCE AND ALTITUDE
Aircraft
- Registration
- N72783
- Reported as
- Cessna 120
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Airport
- Varns
N72783Registration cancelled May 11, 2015 · Cessna 120Airframe modelCessna 120Engine modelContinental C85 series
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